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British Benevolent Fund extends help to expats on Costa del Sol amid twin challenges of Covid-19 and Brexit

A MADRID charity set up to help Brits in Spain who find themselves beset by financial difficulties has expanded to the Costa del Sol...

Estate agent predicts ‘record year’ for Brits buying property on Spain’s Costa del Sol

SPAIN'S property market is booming and in contradiction to tabloid reports that Brits are leaving in droves, British buyers are in fact back in...

Spain joins EU-funded taskforce to tackle fraud and help protect €800 billion Covid-relief fund

OPERATION SENTINEL was launched this week, October 15, by Europol in a bid to combat an anticipated wave of fraud as almost 807 billion...

Adventures in Brexitland: How a bid for Spanish nationality turned in a Kafka-esque nightmare

A bid for Spanish nationality leads to a Kafka-esque scenario involving inaccessible authorities and missing documents of an undefined nature, write Heather Galloway.

Moving to Spain is starting to get easier again as COVID rates lower and new rules become clearer

IT was recently announced that Spain’s Covid transmission rates have taken it into the ‘low-risk’ category for the first time since July 2020.  The cases...

Top ten reasons why you need a TIE card, as figures show over a third of Brits in Spain...

BIOMETRIC ID cards holding important information about residents, have now been issued to over a third of Brits living in Spain. In little over a...

British Embassy warns expats against submitting fraudulent residency applications – even through third parties

THE BRITISH EMBASSY has taken to social media this week, warning Brits against submitting fraudulent residency applications – either directly or through a third...

UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss flies in to Madrid to boost ties with Spain and “support 400K British expats”

THE UK’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss arrived in Madrid for a two day trip designed to build “closer economic, tech and security ties” with...

BREXIT: British ambassador in Spain requests ANOTHER extension for driving licence exchange

THE British ambassador in Madrid has requested another extension to the deadline on the validity of British driving licences for expats in Spain insisting...

BREXIT UPDATE: Driving licence validity for Brits in Spain extended until end of February

IN a last minute reprieve, Brits living in Spain have been given another two months to exchange their driving licences with a further extension...

Two Brits in Spain named in New Year Honours List

ONCE again Brits who have made their mark serving the British community resident in Spain have been recognised in the New Year Honours list. This...

REVIEW: One year since Brexit… still not ‘done’

Bremain in Spain campaigner Sue Wilson takes a look back at the first year since Brits were stripped of their EU citizenship and asks ‘Have you been mis-sold Brexit?’

No post-Brexit ‘rush’ for British expats to become Spanish citizens

BREXIT fears and consequences did not prompt a rush of British expats to become Spanish citizens in 2020. The latest figures from the National Statistics...

From shelf stacker to Our Man in the Balearics: Meet the British consul awarded an MBE for his work...

WHEN Lloyd Milen was informed, just before Christmas, that he had been awarded an MBE for services to British nationals in Spain he couldn’t...

Time running out as deadline approaches for driving licence exchange for Brits resident in Spain

AFTER February 28, British residents in Spain will no longer have an automatic legal right to drive using their British licence unless there is...

UPDATE: UK requests further extension to driving licence exchange for Brits in Spain post-Brexit

THE British Ambassador in Madrid confirmed that the UK has requested Spain to extend the post-Brexit driving licence exchange deadline yet again while negotiations...

UPDATE: Spain extends post-Brexit UK driving licence validity until April 30th

SPANISH authorities have extended the period of validity of UK driving licences in Spain for another two months granting a request by the British...

Where has my parcel gone? The quixotic experience of postal deliveries from the UK to Spain post-Brexit

Before Brexit, parcels used to flow seamlessly between the UK and Spain. However, now that the UK is a “third country”, outside the single...

Gibraltar prepares its citizens for Brexit ‘no deal’ as negotiations continue

GIBRALTAR has distributed thousands of booklets guiding citizens on what could happen in the event of a ‘no deal’ if ongoing negotiations to strike...

OPINION: How Spain is outpacing the UK when it comes to women in politics

To mark International Women's Day campaigner Sue Wilson, MBE, explores how UK is falling behind Spain when it comes to political representation.

Victory for campaigners as Brits living abroad for 15 years set to win right to vote in UK elections

IT has been a long battle, but the British government is finally set to overturn a rule that denied the right to vote to...

Brits facing visa delays caused by ongoing strike by Spanish embassy staff in UK

ONGOING strike action by Spanish foreign office staff at embassy and consulate offices in the UK could cause delays in issuing visas. The warning comes...

British Embassy in Spain requests yet another extension as driving licence deadline of April 30 looms

THE British Embassy in Madrid has requested yet another extension to the deadline on the validity of British driving licences for expats in Spain...

Concerns raised after Spain tightens checks on Brit travellers crossing border from Gibraltar

GIBRALTAR’S government has raised concerns over reports that Spanish police were refusing entry to British tourists at the border unless they could provide ‘valid...

‘Bittersweet’: Brits living abroad for over 15 years finally win right to vote in UK elections

CAMPAIGNERS were celebrating their victory after years of battling for the right of those who have lived abroad for more than 15years to maintain...

Problem, what problem?: UK’s Europe Minister James Cleverly ‘not aware’ of Gibraltar border issues

THE UK'S Europe Minister, James Cleverly, has insisted that recent issues with strict Schengen controls at the Gibraltar border are not a negotiating ploy...

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